Door holder



NOV. 4, 1930.. F W, R|CHARD5 1,780,403

DOOR HOLDER Filed F'eb. 19, 1929 I lm/vento@ Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES FRANK W. RICHARDS, OF -NMPA, IDAHO noon Homann Applicationrled February 19, Y1929. Serial No. 341,089.

This invention relates to holding devices for doors and pertains particularly to an improved means for automatically latching a door in open position.

5 The primary object of the present invention is to provide a means whereby doors, particularly large doors, such as those used in garages, barns and the like, may be automatically secured and held when swung to 1o full open position, without further attention so that they will not be permitted to close until the device is manipulated to release the door.

lt is Well known that large doors, as for i5 example, garage doors, must be secured when swung to open position, otherwise they are frequently blown to or swing to by the action of gravity. Hooks are frequently provided for maintaining the doors in open position,

but these are a source of considerable trouble and annoyance and are frequently placed in such a position that it is necessary for the operator to stoop over to secure or release the same. W'ith the present device the latchsii ing of the door in open position takes place automatically when the door is swung to a predetermined point and a release of the latching mechanism is easily obtained by simply lifting a light holding bar. rlhe de- :3o vice may be placed upon the door at a convenient height so that the operator thereof need not stoop or otherwise exert himself in any manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door holder which is of extremely simf ple construction, ellicient, strong and durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed de- 40 scription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the 5 drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifi-cations mark no material departure .from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

au In the drawing VFigure 1 is a view in front elevation of a building showing the door control embodying this invention applied thereto; Figure 2 is a sectional view through a door and jam structure showing the position of the device with the door in open position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged front elevational Vview of the door control device, per se;

Figure l is a sectional view taken upon the line 4 1 of Figure p V Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seenthat the device embodying'this inl vention has been shown in appliedposition, the door in association with which the device is shown being indicated by the numeral l.

The holdingdevice comprises a mounting plate 2 having a longitudinally extending outwardly projecting flange 3' in which is formed a longitudinally extending slot 4.

At the forward or outer end of the plate, the flange is return bent as indicated at 5, forming the downwardly inclined tongue 6, the inner edge of which issecured to the plate 2 to increase its strength.

Associated with the slotted flange plate 3 is a bar 7, the forward end of which is turned downwardly at right angles, as indicated at S and extended through the slot 4 for longitudinal movement therein. The other end of the bar 7 is pivotally secured as by the screw or bolt 9, to the outwardly projecting portion 10 of a bracket 11. When the device is mounted for use the plate 2 is secured transversely of the outer face of the door 1 and the bracket 11 is secured to the adjacent jam 12, in the manner shown, substantially in alignment with the slotted portion 3 of the plate. The down turned end of the bar 7 is extended through the slot l, in the manner shown.

When the door is closed the end 8 of the bar will be positioned in the inner end of the slot t, but as the door is swung to open position this end of the bar will slide forwardly in the slot until its terminus rides up on to the tongue 6. This tongue 6 is provided with an aperture 13 which, when the door has reached full open position receives the end 8 of the bar, thus holding it at an angle across the corner formed between the jam 12 and the open door to brace the door in this open position.

It will also be readily seen that in order to release the door it is only necessary to slightly lift the bar 7 to remove the end p0rtion 8 from the tongue opening 13, Whereupon the door can be swung to.

Having described my vinvention What I claim isz- 1. A door holding device, comprising a brace bar, means for pivotally securing one end thereof to a fixed structure adjacent a door, a longitudinally slotted plate designed to be secured transversely of' the door, a tongue carried by said'bar and slidably en gaged in the slot of said plate and an apertured member at the end of the plate remote from the pivotal point of the bar arranged to have said tongue ride thereonto when the door is swung to full open position and to enter the aperture thereof.

2. A door holding device, comprising a brace bar, means for pivotally securing oneV end thereof adjacent a d-oor7 an elongated plate member having a longitudinal slot therethrough designed to be secured transversely of a door in substantially the same horizontal plane as the pivot point of the bar, a tongue formed at an inclination beneath said plate at the end remote from said pivot point', and a down turned member formed at the other end of said bar designed to ride upon said tongue upon the opening of the door to be received in an aperture formed therethrough.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature.

FRANK WV. RICHARDS. 

